#national-capital-planning-commission

#national-capital-planning-commission

The new ballroom, which Trump has said would cost $400 million and would dwarf the adjacent White House building, has been challenged in court by preservationists, while Democratic lawmakers have called it an abuse of power and are investigating which donors are supporting it. The National Capital Planning Commission, chartered by Congress to manage planning for Washington-area federal lands, said on its website that the White House will provide an "information presentation" on plans to rebuild the East Wing during a commission meeting on January 8.

As outrage grows over the construction of President Donald Trump's ballroom, the White House now says it will submit plans soon but a substantial portion of the East Wing has already been demolished. The ballroom has been a pet project for the president, who boasted last month that it would be absolutely magnificent construction and one of the best anywhere in the world, but it has sparked significant controversy.